New research on China suggests that declining birth rates and an aging population might not hinder future prosperity when associated with better education of the young.
Social Sciences
Sep 27, 2021
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The rise of populist movements is changing political systems around the world. As support for these "anti-elite" movements intensifies, many are scrambling to understand whether economic decline and intensifying inter-group ...
Economics & Business
Dec 11, 2020
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World's population likely to shrink after mid-century, forecasting major shifts in global population and economic power—new analysis, published in The Lancet forecasts global, regional, and national populations, mortality, ...
Environment
Jul 15, 2020
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The rapid increase of opioid overdose deaths in rural communities across the country has far outpaced the overdose rate in urban areas, and an Iowa State University-led research team wants to know why.
Social Sciences
Aug 23, 2018
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Regions where voters have more neurotic personality traits were more likely to vote for Donald Trump in the United States or for the Brexit campaign in the United Kingdom, revealing a new trend that could help explain the ...
Social Sciences
Mar 8, 2018
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A new book by geography and planning experts examines several decades worth of data to provide an analysis of the state of shrinking cities across the United States.
Social Sciences
Sep 14, 2016
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For years, scientists have assumed that if mercury is high and increasing in fish in the North American and European Arctic, the same is true of fish elsewhere in the Arctic.
Environment
Dec 20, 2013
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Using modern technology, a Virginia museum is working to unwrap the story behind one of the earliest surviving Egyptian mummies.
Archaeology
Feb 3, 2013
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Recreational fishing is a major contributor to the rapid decline of important salt marshes along Cape Cod because it strips top predators such as striped bass, blue crabs, and smooth dogfish out of the ecosystem, according ...
Ecology
Jun 11, 2012
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German semi-conductors giant Infineon said Wednesday it expected sales in its current business year to decline by around five percent as customers increasingly hold back in the current economic gloom.
Business
Nov 16, 2011
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